Hot Navy Guys for the Win

In celebration of...um...Sundays. The US Navy has released lovely photos of the newest (maybe old ones...I don't know...but they're great) graduation class. Aren't they nice?

I'm not sure of the entire point. Something about climbing a tower and getting a hat while making a hunky man pyramid.

and there's a video!!! What a great country!

Images (and other links):

• originally found on BuzzFeed.com's article The Ultimate Collection of Hot Shirtless Navy Guys Climbing a Monument Covered in Lard
• Guys Next Door: Navy plebes climbing the Herndon Monument
• MSNBC's PhotoBlog of Plebes struggle to climb lard covered monument in Annapolis, Maryland

Humid Pouf

Humid...found on Pinterest, original somewhere on  iwastesomuchtime.com

My hair is...poufy today. Extra pouf-tastic. Perhaps a bit on the poodle scary side of pouf.

I wish I could post a lovely how to of what I did with my hair that would make any Junior League member proud. But I threw it up in a ponytail instead.

Oh dear...

Happy Memorial Day!

It's memorial day in America, and a regular Monday for everyone else I guess. It's also pouring rain where I live so staying home and doing nothing seems like the way to go.

For some reason, I felt really silly after reading this one article (7 things you didn't know about Memorial Day) because I didn't realize it started after the Civil War. For some reason I equated it with World War I or II and my grandpas. Go figure!

President Obama and Major General Linnington at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

an honor guard at Wrightstown N.J.

Honor Guards line up at Arlington

Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C.

U.S. Military Color Guard at the World War II Memorial in Washington D.C.

Memorial Day in 1920

Memorial Day parade in 1900

Memorial Day Parade in NYC in 1922, Grand Army of the Republic (veterans)

Boston

Images From:

1-2 are from Memorial Day 2012 via the Huffington Post
3-5 are from MSNBC's Photoblog Memorial Day observed around the U.S.
6 is from Memorial Day from Wikipedia (image originally from the Library of Congress)
7 is from How Memorial Day begun via Flagsbay.com
8 is from A Brief History of Memorial Day from Time.com
9 is from Memorial Day Tributes Around the World from Time.com

I want to move to Korea

There's no words, I don't even need to introduce this beyond this: Epic Taekwondo Dance "Battle" Coolness. Ridiculously awesome.

Originally found on 22 Words: Taekwondo Dance Battle

YouTube Channel: Taekwondo Shuffle in Korea

Cleaning without chemicals

I know I've mentioned I have migraines. I still don't know what causes them, but I have noticed that there are things I can do that limit me having horrid death-pain types.

All the cleaners that you can buy at the stores can give me a headache if I don't air out the room during and after the cleaning process. Sad right? Cleaning makes me sick! Terrific excuse to never clean again (actually--I have several of those, I tend to hurt myself when cleaning. I've managed to crack my tailbone and bang my fingernail right off.)

So, I'm constantly on the search to figure out how to clean without normal cleaning things. You know, stuff grandma would do (well, my grandmommy was older). Baking soda and vinegar are my go to at the moment. And they work pretty well actually.

from Picklee.com

I know you can't see that really well...but the website, 10 Remarkable DIY Cleaning Solutions, has the image where you can blow it up and read them all like the first image.

I'm always looking for new things, hopefully I'll have a clean house eventually.

studying abroad update

Oh dear, I'm not quite sure where I'm going yet. I've heard back from three schools. I got accepted into two, but not the last one. And I'm okay with that. I was pretty sick during my undergraduate and my GPA suffered because of it so I wasn't expecting miracles.

But as soon as I accept, I have a couple of weeks before I apply for a visa and then move. It's absolutely terrifying. And knowing me, there's going to be huge, detailed lists of things I need and things I need to do. Considering some of the schools I applied to have an actual winter...I'm going to have to buy a new wardrobe.

I just don't know where to shop for winter/cold weather clothes. We'll see how this all turns out.

They canceled GCB! No!

I cannot believe this! They canceled GCB! I'm horrified! And slightly ashamed that I watch so much TV.

from abc.com

Of course, there's a petition to get ABC to renew the show but considering some of the other silly shows they continue to renew (I'm SOOOO sick of the reality shows like the Bachelor) I don't think it has much of a chance.

Oh well, at least they didn't cancel Once Upon a Time. Or Happy Endings. Seriously ABC, how can you tell Annie Potts no?

Abc's GCB's page